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Nantale v Nakazibwe & Another (Civil Suit 10 of 2022) [2024] UGHC 373 (28 May 2024)
The High Court dismissed a defamation and duress claim, finding the public notice was not defamatory and the agreement was not proved to have been signed under coercion.
Mubiru v Mwanje (Miscellaneous Application 1092 of 2020) [2023] UGHCCD 336 (24 October 2023)
The court found that the applicant failed to establish any grounds for setting aside the consent judgment and order. The alleged duress and fraud were not substantiated, as the applicant voluntarily entered into the consents in the presence of his lawyer and judicial officers, and there was no evidence of unlawful or wrongful pressure. The applicant had opportunities to challenge the underlying agreement in the original suit but chose to consent. The interest rate was contractual and later reduced by consent. The claim of public policy was unsupported by evidence. The court held that the cons…
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Ahmos Investment Group of Companies & 4 Ors v Stanbic Bank (U) Ltd (Miscellaneous Application No. 684 of 2014) [2015] UGCommC 191 (13 November 2015)
The court found that the applicants failed to prove that the consent agreement was entered into under duress or coercion to the required standard. Documentary evidence showed that the applicants acknowledged receipt of the double payment and agreed to refund it in several communications. The court determined that service of summons was effective: personal service was effected on some applicants, and substituted service was properly ordered and executed for others. The alleged inconsistencies in service dates were minor and did not affect the merits. The applicants did not establish good cause…
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George Mwa Larum v Zaituna Kawuma [1991] UGSC 1 (9 September 1991)
The Supreme Court held that the absence of timely consent did not render the sale agreement void ab initio, but made it inchoate until consent was obtained. The conduct of the appellant in signing the transfer document after the expiry of the initial period amounted to a waiver of strict observance of the contractual timeline or acquiescence in its extension. There was no evidence of duress, coercion, or fraud in the procurement of consent or in the sale transaction itself. The use of the respondent's maiden names, while potentially misleading in other circumstances, did not amount to fraud i…
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